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The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)

Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 267

An illustration from The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science, 1896, leaf 267 — type, passing nearlyaround the large drum, on which they take hold by fric-tion. An objection to this type is that the drums arenecessarily heavy, and acquire a momentum like a fly- 258 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. wheel, which renders them hard to stop and slow in start-ing. The other style, more… … ; ^•■4.?r\Tfi^^--^ % iJu- ;; \\ ••-•• // A JUNE REEL-HOISTIXG ENGDTE. In the larger plants air-brakes are made use of, very simi-lar in construction to those employed on railway trains.In making calculations for mine-hoists the length of ropeis an important factor. A depth of three thousand…

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